15 January 2014

Eight Months On ...

Unbelievably I seem to have ignored my blog for 8 months, and my last post told you that I was coming back to blogging. I doubt if there's anyone out there following now, but if you are there "Hello! And Happy New Year!"

Life was somewhat hectic last year as I began feeling my feet in the 'days after Dairy House' and before I knew it December and Christmas were on us. Home life continues in much the same way and all the house and garden plans I had are still plans rather than reality; but 2014 is hopefully the year to set the wheels in motion! Florence the Granddaughter is now three and a half and has been at pre-school since September. She spends a lot of time on the farm and her animal husbandry skills are already well-formed, frequently surprising her mummy and daddy with knowledge gleaned from 'Grampy'.

Vintage to Victorian is back on the Fairs circuit and this weekend will see me (possibly freezing) at Shepton Mallet 3-day Antiques Fair. If anyone is visiting, my regular spot is in Mendip 2 Hall. I veered away from linen and lace for a short while, concentrating on leather luggage and suchlike, but soon found that on buying trips I was making a beeline for anything textile-related, thus the breakaway was short-lived. So my stock-in-trade is what it always was - linen, lace, haberdashery, French and English vintage or antique textiles, Welsh blankets, eiderdowns and quilts, millinery flowers, mannequins, boxes, buttons and so on.

It would be good to get back to blogging and catch up with you all so fingers crossed ...

In the meantime, here's the list so far of the Fairs I have booked for 2014, which is far more than I realised! I need to relearn how to add them to the sidebar but with a little perseverance I'll hopefully manage it!

3 comments:

Hi Sue - Happy New Year! Thanks for your comment on my blog...I've been emailing you in reply to yours, but mine have been bouncing back to me...No idea why. (I left a message on your FB in the end.) Thanks for the offer of tickets to 3-day - I shall probably go on the Sunday...Possibly with Deb, so hope to see you then.Can't believe how many other fairs you've booked! - You are going to be very busy! Hope 2014 will be kind to you,Niki xx

About Me

We left Northampton in 1988 to move to Bath, where we stayed for 10 years. From there to Wiltshire and now in Somerset with a business in Dorset! The house and garden still need work but as you know, there are never enough hours in the day! "We" is hubby and me - one retired and the other running around like a thing possessed buying and selling antique and vintage items and in April 2008 I became the proprietor of an antiques shop/centre.In February 2013 I 'semi-retired', selling Dairy House Antiques and returning to the fairs circuit and making plans to enjoy our granddaughter and tame our wayward garden!